Browse Museums

Fourth Ward School Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

Built in 1876, the school houses permanent and changing exhibits featuring the history and culture of the Comstock. Handicap accessible.

Liberty Engine Company #1 Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

Mark Twain Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

History, Historic House

Located in Histroic Virginia City Nevada, inside the Original Territorial Enterprise Newpaper Building. The Museum is the original press room for the building. This floor is the only portion of the building which survived the 1875 fire.

Nevada Gambling Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

Features more than half-a-million dollars worth of gaming memorabilia, including over 100 antique slot machines, cheating devices and gamblers' weapons.

General, History, Specialized

The SSPOM organization was created in 2007 in order to establish a first class museum showcasing the rich history of the American law enforcement profession. Opening in July of 2009 within the historic 1877 Storey County Jail in fun filled Virginia City, Nevada. The museum features the largest known private collection of U.S. law enforcement memorabilia and has fascinated all visitors since opening in 2009.

The Wild West Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

Attractions include Western/cowboy memorabilia, antique guns, animal mounts, Native American, John Wayne and cavalry displays, outlaw photo gallery and "Spook House".

Virginia City Radio Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

Culture, History, Historic House, Specialized

History of Julia Bullette, a favored soiled dove of 1860s Virginia City. Displays include vintage erotica, Oriental art and antique medical equipment.

Mackay Mansion

Virginia City, Nevada

Historic House

Marshall Mint Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

History

Piper's Opera House

Virginia City, Nevada

History

Built in the 1880s, Piper's Opera House attracted famous stars from Europe and the United States and is listed by the League of Historic Theaters. One of the most significant vintage theaters on the West Coast.

The Way It Was Museum

Virginia City, Nevada

The museum displays the most complete collection of Comstock mining artifacts in the world plus rare photos, lithographs and maps of the Bonanza period.

Virginia & Truckee (V&T) Railroad

Virginia City, Nevada

History